How Steemit literally changed my life! My 10 000 km away relocation.
Steemit influenced me
I just spontaneously booked a ticket to Manila today! 10 000 km away from my home. It's gonna be quite a journey, 26 hours and 3 flights. This Sunday's morning. To be honest the money that I had earned during my 3 weeks on Steemit would bought me this ticket.
How did it happened?
Well this is all Steemit's fault! Because partly of this website I decided to move myself to another country faster then I planned before. Originally I was planning to wait one more month but things accelerated and because Steemit gives me more freedom, I decided to go this weekend. Turning my life 180 degrees. Although I'm not using Steemit earnings to pay for everyday stuff I treat it like a benchmark. Would I be able to do X with Steemit money, would I be able to live in Y just with Steemit money etc. I even started an experiment when I first came here but it finished much earlier than I expected. Just check these of my posts:
Livin' on a... Steemit - my experiment to match Poland's minimum wage just by posting here
I'm not going to use my Steemit earnings as major income for paying bills or basic expenses but rather as an alternative stream which gives me a lot of independecne. I'm not planning to move any funds out of my account for a long time till they will mean something for me.
Why I stick with Steemit no matter of Steem price - Steem as 403K?
My new content
During my previous travels I always struggled with managing my time between work and fun. This time I'll be more focused on creating interesting content for Steemit and for my cryptocurency podcast. I will also promote Steemit and I already have some ideas how to do it. I'm really excited to show you my transition from gloomy and rainy Poland to always sunny Philippines. So I do not consider this as a typical travel anymore but rather as at least a temporary relocation with possibility of staying longer. How long? I have no idea. It's fulfilling my dreams of living in some exotic places, among completely different cultures under the never ending sun.
Preparation
The decision had been made just few hours ago so I have not so much time left to sort out all things. I have not enough time to get a proper visa so I'll just get 21 days after landing there and then I'll apply for a proper 60 days visa. To be able to do that I need to have some ticket out of Philippines. I found that the cheapest way is to book Air Asia flight to Malaysia with a premium flex service which allows me to rebook this flight 2 times. So I can just keep this cheap ticket and rebook it each time I would need to apply for the next visa.
Hardships of transition
I'm really involved into the ICO thing, like I cover most of the projects, research and pay attention. Talk with developers on Slack and Telegram in the middle of the night (time zones ftw) and also do once a week on Monday a live podcast summarizing the whole week in crypto world. I wonder how it will work out in the new country and +6 hours time zone. I'm really excited and look at this as a chance to boost my motivation, association and creativity.
Follow me if you want to see how I will be doing there. Armed with my laptop and camera. :)
Gutsy move, and one I think you will be glad you made. It's not easy adjusting to a new world, so give it a couple of months, and you'll settle in just fine.
There are a lot of crypto nomads now. The young woman who does the Crypto Tips YouTube channel is also a travel blogger based out of Portugal, so you'll be in good company.
Man crypto nomad that sounds cool haha.
WOW! - Very Interesting and Cool!
Thank you. It's like moving from one life to another.
Follow your Actions, Check up my blog with other High Value infos about Crypto which can improve your life more! Best regards from Germany.
Thank you I'm always eager to learn more. Followed.
I would love to travel and live off crypto earning. Your living the dream mate. CRYPTO NOMAD haha. well done!
Haha yeah I might actually start this trend for CRYPTO NOMADS. Maybe we will settle on some crypto island and create a commune?
locals living on the Rock of Gibraltar are starting to call it Crypto Rock. Many crypto currencies company have opened offices in Gibraltar now. (including Xapo and Gnosis) Hence my name ... rockchain ;) I live here now
Wow that's cool but I've also heard that there is a valley in Switzerland that is famoust for registering many crypto companies.
nice! the more the better :)
I hope steemit will also change my life for good too. 😁
Dont hope do Action ;)
Good lock bro! we will keep in touch for sure ;)
Here and there ;)
Hey man! Im from manila but im living here in california already, is there any particular place tha your going? Any interest in mind? I might help
Oh well I will stay some time in Manila, then head to some island, I'm thinking of Siquijor or Cebu. Something peaceful and with good vibe. Internet connection is a must haha.
Thanks.
Welll any place in the philippines is nice! Cebu in boracay are is noce too, but if your in manila already, you might want to drop by at Tagaytay or batangas thats going south, maybe a 2 hr drive or so depending on the heavy traffic
And if you want north, theres a lot, check out La union and ilocos or baguio they are also nice too
For night life in manila, just go to malate and you moght enjoy the night, try the street foods and blog about it too.
Good luck man, and always try to bargain with any price, because your a foreigner its always going to be more that it should be. Be careful on your journey. I just got home for a month there. Best wishes man. Let me know if youneed some info specially in manila area
Thank you I'll remember to ask. I read many terrifying news but I think that media are exaggerting here in the West.
Is Uber the best option to commute around the town?
Yes uber is best but if u want to get out of the busy traffic life in manila. Just decide go go to the provinces. If your there always allow 2 hrs from traffic. People are nice there, its not scary, unlike the past administration. Duterte got your back as long as your not doing anything illegal. Try not to use drug hehe!
I'll arrive on Monday. I want to chill a bit in Manila because I don't feel like going abywhere after 26 hours of flights haha.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Way to go. I wish you luck! I said a prayer for you too.
Thanks It was safe.
Thank you.
That is one sweet move!!
Lucky guy :)
Thank you :)
Congrats man. Dunno if it's your thing but you could do some relief work there. Lots of homes need rebuilding...
Thanks. It's worth considering to give away something to people. I'll update mu jourey here.
Yeah, I know a girl who lost her job in London. he went to the Philipines to do relief work and had an amazing time. Met her soulmate and all.
Interesting :)
Thanks.
you are welcome :)